After a new defense council this wednesday , new measures could be announced this Thursday. The 16 departments already confined, the list could grow with, among others, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Ardennes and Marne in the Grand Est. In the latest bulletin of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Grand Est on March 24, the incidence rate of new cases Covid-19 is 257.5 per 100,000 inhabitants (312.7 in France) in the region. It was 212.8 on March 17 (252.5 in France). It therefore continues to increase. But the region experiences strong disparities. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, it is 278.5 against 221.2 a week before. In Moselle, it is 292.1 against 268.3. In the Meuse, it goes from 214.2 to 292.3 in one week. In the Vosges, it is 185.5 against 162.7 a week before. The positivity rate per person tested remains constant at 5.7%. In the region, the number of people hospitalized is 2,470 against 2,306 on March 17. 401 are in intensive care compared to 359 the previous week. To date, 11.1% of the population of the Grand Est have received at least one dose of the vaccine. 11.2% in Meurthe-et-Moselle, 9.1% in Meuse, 14.1% in Moselle and 12% in Vosges.
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Saturated hospital services
At CHRU de Nancy , the situation in intensive care has exceeded the maximum reached during the 2e wave. 53 Covid patients were in critical care (50 in October). There are also 40 non-Covid people in this department. In total, to date, 150 people with coronavirus are hospitalized in the establishment. To cope, the CHRU has repatriated staff, in particular operating theaters. But this leads to the deprogramming of care for other pathologies. “It’s worse than in October because we have delays of up to 12 months now”, explains Pr Christian Rabaud, infectious disease specialist and president of the establishment medical commission. “In March 2020, we were able to have up to 117 resuscitations but the ability to become exclusively Covid no longer exists because of these delays which can become dramatic. “At the Metz-Thionville regional hospital, the situation is identical with 211 people hospitalized for Covid, including 51 in intensive care. After a year of health crisis, hospital capacity is still lacking.
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